Ground water in the Fresno area, California
K. S. Muir
1977, Water-Resources Investigations Report 77-59
The Fresno area of California uses about 140,000 acre-feet of ground water a year for municipal and domestic purposes. An average of 2,000,000 acre-feet of water a year is pumped for irrigation. Major sources of recharge are deep penetration of irrigation water (80 percent) and seepage from canals, rivers, and...
Initial assessment of the ground-water resources in the Monterey Bay region, California
K. S. Muir
1977, Water-Resources Investigations Report 77-46
The Association of Monterey Bay Area Governments (AMBAG) has been designated as the areawide waste-treatment-management planning agency for the Monterey Bay region under Sec. 208 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972 (Public Law 92-500). Sec. 208 establishes the authority and responsibility of the designated local agency...
Trophic conditions in Lake Winnisquam, New Hampshire
Leonard R. Frost Jr.
1977, Water-Resources Investigations Report 77-137
Lake Winnisquam has received treated domestic sewage for approximately 50 years and since June 1961 has been treated with copper sulfate to control the growth of nuisance algae. The Laconia City secondary sewage-treatment plant was upgraded in 1975 to include phosphorus removal. Phosphorus was not removed effectively until early 1976,...
Geological studies on the COST No. B-2 well, U. S. Mid-Atlantic outer continental shelf area
Peter A. Scholle
1977, Circular 750
The COST No. B-2 well is the first deep stratigraphic test to be drilled on the United States Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf (AOCS) area. The well was drilled on the eastern flank of the Baltimore Canyon trough to a total depth of 16,043 feet; it penetrated a section composed almost...
Preliminary report on 1976 drilling of coals in Campbell and Sheridan counties, Wyoming, and Big Horn, Dawson, McCone, Richland, Roosevelt, Rosebud, Sheridan, and Wibaux counties, Montana
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1977, Open-File Report 77-283
Lake Francis Case, a Missouri River reservoir: changes in the fish population in 1954-75, and suggestions for management
Charles H. Walburg
1977, Technical Paper 95
Geologic aspects of tunneling in the Los Angeles area, California
R. F. Yerkes, J. C. Tinsley, Kathleen M. Williams
1977, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 866
Seismic engineering program report, July-September 1976
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1977, Circular 736-C
Glastonbury gneiss body, a modified Oliverian dome, and related rocks in south-central Massachusetts and north-central Connecticut: petrology, geochemistry, and origin
Gerhard W. Leo, Douglas G. Brookins
1977, Open-File Report 77-554
Land use and land cover and associated maps for Port Townsend, Washington
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1977, Open-File Report 77-17
Land use and land cover and associated maps for Port Orford, Oregon
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1977, Open-File Report 77-450
Reconnaissance geologic map of the Cascade Quadrangle, El Paso County, Colorado
Reinhard A. Wobus, Glenn R. Scott
1977, Open-File Report 77-138
Estimated use of water in the United States in 1975
Charles Richard Murray, E. Bodette Reeves
1977, Circular 765
Estimates of water use in the United States in 1975 indicate that an average of about 420 bgd (billion gallons per day) about 1,900 gallons per capita per day was withdrawn for the four principal off-channel uses which are (1) publicsupply (for domestic, commercial, and industrial uses), (2) rural (domestic...
Ground-water data for 1974-75 in Joshua Tree National Monument, California
D.J. Downing
1977, Open-File Report 77-80
This report, prepared at the request of the National Park Service, is part of a continuing inventory by the U.S. Geological Survey of general geohydrologic conditions at Joshua Tree National Monument, California. Tables of data for 1974-75 includes chemical analyses of ground water from selected wells and pumpage by Kaiser...
Geological and geochemical investigations of uranium occurrences in the Arrastre Lake area of the Medicine Bow Mountains, Wyoming
W. Roger Miller, R. S. Houston, K. E. Karlstrom, D.M. Hopkins, W. H. Ficklin
1977, Open-File Report 77-92
Metasedimentary rocks of Precambrian X age in and near the Snowy Range wilderness study area of southeastern Wyoming are lithologically and chronologically similar to those on the north shore of Lake Huron in Canada. The rocks in Canada contain major deposits of uranium in quartz-pebble conglomerates near the base of...
Ice on rivers and lakes: a bibliographic essay
Eleanore R. Ficke, John F. Ficke
1977, Water-Resources Investigations Report 77-95
Ice on rivers and lakes has many important influences on design and construction of structures, operation of shipping, flow and circulation, water quality, and other factors related to the use of the water resources. Human interest in understanding these influences has led to many programs of data collection, research, and...
Bedrock geology of part of the Woronoco Quadrangle, Hampden and Hampshire counties, Massachusetts
Stewart F. Clark
1977, Open-File Report 77-363
Map showing drainage areas, New Hartford quadrangle, Connecticut
M. P. Thomas, R. L. White
1977, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 542-C
Preliminary report on Belair Exploratory Trench No. 10-76 near Augusta, Georgia
S.L. Cranford, J.B. Dischinger, J.R. Estabrook, Darrell G. Herd, Wayne L. Newell, D.C. Prowell, Juergen Reinhardt, Meyer Rubin
1977, Open-File Report 77-411
Geologic map of the Yabucoa and Punta Tuna quadrangles, Puerto Rico
Cleaves Lincoln Rogers, C. M. Cram, M. H. Pease, M. S. Tischler
1977, Open-File Report 77-651
No abstract available....
Seismic engineering program report, October-December 1976
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1977, Circular 736-D
Geochemical maps of selected elements and results of spectrographic analyses for heavy-mineral concentrates from the western half of the Talkeetna Mountains Quadrangle, Alaska
R. C. Karlson, G.C. Curtin, E.F. Cooley, L. Garmezy
1977, Open-File Report 77-530
Summary of results of frictional sliding studies, at confining pressures up to 6.98 kb, in selected rock materials
R. Summers, J. Byerlee
1977, Open-File Report 77-142
This report is a collection of stress-strain charts which were produced by deforming selected simuiated fault gouge materials. Several sets of samples consisted of intact cylinders, 1.000 inch in diameter and 2.500 inches long. The majority of the samples consisted of thin layers of the selected sample material, inserted within...
Land use and land cover and associated maps for Scranton, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey (Pa. portion only)
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1977, Open-File Report 77-108
Geologic map and cross section of the Abra Quadrangle, Costa Rica
Rolando M. Castillo, R.D. Krushensky
1977, IMAP 992
